Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LII

No 23

8-Jun-2009

Qatar Reduces July Shipments Of Marine Crude To Asia

Qatar has informed a number of Asian customers that shipments of its Marine crude will be reduced by 14% during July. Contracted volumes for the Land crude will remain the same. In June, Qatar Petroleum shipped full contracted volumes. Meanwhile, Kuwait reduced volumes for Asian term customers by 5% in April and is expected to continue the reduction through September.